Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.75 to 3.50 higher. Slaughter dairy steers were lightly tested. Slaughter cows sold 1.26 to 2.25 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 higher. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,615	87.64	1,416	20
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Low	1,344	92.50	1,243	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,516	67.85	1,028	55
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,289	67.29	868	55
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,051	60.45	635	30
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,543	104.04	1,605	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,352	116.73	1,578	58
Heifers	Select	Low	845	86.50	731	11
Steers	Choice	Average	1,366	116.17	1,586	71
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,172	104.76	1,228	9thin
Steers	Select	Average	956	88.25	844	8thin

Every lot, as filed

29 lots · USDA AMS · Fairview Sale Barn Slaughter Cattle - Fairview, IL

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	—	—	1,598	88.39/cwt	82.50–93.50	1,412	16
Bulls	—	—	1,865	96.06/cwt	95.50–96.50	1,792	2
Bulls	—	—	1,503	73.20/cwt	73.00–73.50	1,100	2
Steers	Select	—	982	82.02/cwt	80.00–90.00	805	5
Heifers	Select	—	650	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	267	1
Heifers	Select	—	908	74.64/cwt	64.00–91.00	678	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,069	60.90/cwt	56.00–66.00	651	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,300	69.28/cwt	64.00–74.50	901	38
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,208	87.42/cwt	85.00–90.00	1,056	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,523	69.36/cwt	66.00–76.50	1,056	38
Heifers	Choice	—	1,352	116.90/cwt	113.00–119.50	1,580	41
Steers	Choice	—	1,350	116.59/cwt	113.00–119.50	1,574	62
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	993	73.00/cwt	62.00–81.50	725	2
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,665	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,815	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,249	75.86/cwt	67.00–86.50	947	4
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	913	98.64/cwt	95.00–104.00	901	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,407	103.60/cwt	100.00–110.00	1,458	6
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	822	107.46/cwt	91.00–118.00	883	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,491	63.25/cwt	57.50–65.50	943	16
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,543	104.04/cwt	103.00–104.50	1,605	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,640	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,378	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,172	104.76/cwt	93.00–108.00	1,228	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	971	51.45/cwt	44.00–55.50	500	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,369	110.17/cwt	105.50–112.50	1,508	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,533	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,840	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,318	109.70/cwt	104.00–112.00	1,446	5
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,810	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	1,964	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,338	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,606	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,273	59.58/cwt	55.50–63.50	758	15

How this sale compares

Illinois weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Illinois auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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Fairview Sale Barn Slaughter Cattle - Fairview, IL

Tue Mar 30, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Springfield, IL (LS-GX)

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,598	82.50–93.50	88.39
2	—	1,865	95.50–96.50	96.06
2	—	1,503	73.00–73.50	73.20
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	982	80.00–90.00	82.02
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	1,350	113.00–119.50	116.59
5	—	1,369	105.50–112.50	110.17
3	—	1,533	120.00	120.00
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	913	95.00–104.00	98.64
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,172	93.00–108.00	104.76
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,810	108.50	108.50
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	41.00	41.00
5	—	908	64.00–91.00	74.64
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,352	113.00–119.50	116.90
5	—	1,318	104.00–112.00	109.70
11	—	1,338	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,665	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	822	91.00–118.00	107.46
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,069	56.00–66.00	60.90
4	—	971	44.00–55.50	51.45
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,300	64.00–74.50	69.28
15	—	1,273	55.50–63.50	59.58
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,208	85.00–90.00	87.42
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,523	66.00–76.50	69.36
16	—	1,491	57.50–65.50	63.25
1	—	1,640	84.00	84.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	993	62.00–81.50	73.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,249	67.00–86.50	75.86
6	—	1,407	100.00–110.00	103.60
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,543	103.00–104.50	104.04

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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